Not taking seriously political figures we find undesirable will not change their potential impact or ambitions – Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Steve Bannon, and Nigel Farage only benefit from being underestimated, writes Hardeep Matharu
Democracy
The last Government passed shabbily-drafted pieces of legislation which were only saved by amendments from Labour and the House of Lords, according to two senior Conservative figures
Journalist and campaigner Gavin Esler on why Britain's entire political and democratic system is now failing and what we can all now do about it
As Donald Trump prepares to usher in an oligarchic dark age, Democrats must reflect on how their own flirtation with plutocracy shattered their party's chances
The spectre of Boris Johnson's assault on standards in public life is slowly retreating, argues Josiah Mortimer
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores how a country house party in Oxfordshire helped invent democracy
YouTuber Niko Omilana's prank highlights how few checks are made on the real identities of those who stand for election
Donald Trump’s second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions – and their manipulation – in the new politics of gross inequality and psychic rebellion fuelled by tech-driven alternative realities, writes Hardeep Matharu
A transatlantic “web of dark money” ties UK think tank donors to Donald Trump and US Republicans
The Conservative Party's new leader has appointed a series of Shadow Cabinet ministers whose Government records were clouded in scandal